Boot and shoe tree.



PATFNTED MAR. 2'7, 1906.

S. PRENGH.

BOOT AND SHOE TREE.

APPLIGATION rum) AUG. 12, 1905.

Md K W F lPritTldi l T @FFHJE STEPHEN FRENCH, OF SiVANSCOhiBE, ENGLAND; ASSIGNOR TRIAL PATENTS LD'IITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TO INDUS- soor AND SHOE TFREE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 27, 1:?!)8

Application filed August 12,1905. Serial No. 273,970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN Fnnson, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, whose post-ofiioe address and residence is 56 Hilton road, Swanscoinbe, county of Kent, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Trees; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it tip 'iertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to boot and shoe trees in which front part of the npper-leather of :1 boot or shoe, is pressed against the upper by a bent spring formed to bear against the back oi the boot and it consists in forming the spring in laminated form with two or more layers or strips so arranged that an initial bending of the spring may be effected before the combined strength or reaction of the layers or strips is exerted to resist the bending force.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a boot-tree constructed ucc0rding to this invention, showing the spring relaxed; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View showing the spring in tension and inserted in a boot, which is indicated by dotted lines. As shown, the front piece (i for treeing the frontof the boot is provided with lugs or a front part, adapted to fit the brnokets b, to which one end of the spring 0 is pivoted. The spring 0 is formed with two layers or strips (2 e, which are riveted t0- gether near the ends, the portion of the upper strip d between the rivets being longer then the corresponding portion oi the lower strip (2.

When it is desired to tree a boot, the spring is bent into the position shown in Fig. 2, and it will be readily seen that thoinitial bending of the swing ran be ol'l'ected with (comparatively little ellort, the full reaction of the spring not being lelt until the two parts d e are in content throughout their whole length.

The form of spring described greatly favcilitotes the insertion of the tree in the boot.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described boot or shoe tree con sisting of the front piece or tree, a spring composed of a, metal strip bent 'upon itself and pivotedto the tree, the two members of said spring being secured together between the ends of thespring to provide a longer and shorter portion, for the purpose described.

in testimony whereof I have a'llixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN FRENCH, Witnesses:

ALBERT JONES, HERBERT O; BoLwELL. 

